Specialized spy training in 1942 and subsequent dangerous secret missions across three continents result in a young man spinning a tangled web of deceit, which leads to unintended consequences for himself and others.
Jerry Stevenson had served in Berlin, Germany, for almost fifteen years and was considered to be an expert intelligence gatherer with excellent contacts in both East and West Germany. Yet he was haunted by a secret that he had discovered in the process of gathering intelligence in Berlin. Due to an accident occurring while extracting a source from East Germany, Jerry came face-to-face with his own conscience. Due to a loss of memory, he had become a CIA employee without realizing he had actually been trained as a Nazi saboteur, who was to land by U-boat in Florida in 1942. It was not until after the Wall went up that his secret web of deceit had been discovered yet forgiven. Meanwhile the Berlin Wall had divided the city from East to West, with effects even being felt around the world. This new physical and political situation diverted Jerrys activities to even more involvement with clandestine operations, involving himself in the delicate and secret exchange of prisoners, escape attempts, double agents, defections, and even an assassination attempt. This required even more skill, imagination, and courage than many exhibited. With his job, relationship with the love of his life, and his future at risk, Jerry skirts the boundaries between truth, lies, hypocrisy, and ruin. But can he survive long enough to make the right choices and decisions concerning his current operation?
This is a story about one man’s experience as a US Army soldier who served as a commissioned officer during the Cold War and afterwards as a special agent under the Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to 9/11. The main character, Markus Britt, shares his experiences based on flashbacks of real historical events. The story line is built on certain events that caused him to recall the event. As an example, the smell of wood burning, watching TV programs, reading news items, the smell of certain cooked food, the sounds of aircraft flying overhead, and sometimes just a place or name could cause these flashbacks.
Specialized spy training in 1942 and subsequent dangerous secret missions across three continents result in a young man spinning a tangled web of deceit, which leads to unintended consequences for himself and others.
This is a fictional story based on historical events occurring during WWII. Two of the primary characters are Norwegian Army captains Hans Lunsford and his friend Carl Romer. The story begins in the summer of 1939 as the clouds of war were drifting across Europe. Events occurring prior to the German invasion of Norway in April 1940 connect them with Adriana Strand, who is an attractive blond Norwegian working as a British spy in the German Embassy in Oslo. After the short war ends with the Norwegian defeat, King Haakon VII and the Norwegian government sail to England and begin to operate in exile. Hans and Carl subsequently hook up with Norwegian resistance groups and escape to the Shetland islands. There they meet up with Adriana, who is involved with the British Special Operations Executive directing operations of Norwegian and British commandos and saboteurs traveling by sea and air into Norway. Their missions were to operate clandestine radios, report German ship movements through the secret water passageway along the West coast of Norway, conduct sabotage operations, and rescue secret agents and British air crew from German or hostile Norwegian operatives. The story depicts all three individuals diverse missions into Norway from 1940 to 1942 when they frequently hide out in various secret hidden passages. The story ends in 1942 with Adrianas midnight mission to Norway. She parachutes into the darkness of the night with two other agents, but trouble ensues leaving Operation Black Shepherd in jeopardy. The success of the Allies in Northern Europe hangs in the balance.
Jerry Stevenson had served in Berlin, Germany, for almost fifteen years and was considered to be an expert intelligence gatherer with excellent contacts in both East and West Germany. Yet he was haunted by a secret that he had discovered in the process of gathering intelligence in Berlin. Due to an accident occurring while extracting a source from East Germany, Jerry came face-to-face with his own conscience. Due to a loss of memory, he had become a CIA employee without realizing he had actually been trained as a Nazi saboteur, who was to land by U-boat in Florida in 1942. It was not until after the Wall went up that his secret web of deceit had been discovered yet forgiven. Meanwhile the Berlin Wall had divided the city from East to West, with effects even being felt around the world. This new physical and political situation diverted Jerrys activities to even more involvement with clandestine operations, involving himself in the delicate and secret exchange of prisoners, escape attempts, double agents, defections, and even an assassination attempt. This required even more skill, imagination, and courage than many exhibited. With his job, relationship with the love of his life, and his future at risk, Jerry skirts the boundaries between truth, lies, hypocrisy, and ruin. But can he survive long enough to make the right choices and decisions concerning his current operation?
This is a sequel to "Secret Passages" and picks up the story of the three Norwegians Adriana Strand, Captain Hans Lunsford and his friend, Carl Romer in late 1942 and their secret assignments by the British SOE to assist in the destruction of the Nazi German government currently occupying Norway. Their individual secret assignments involve parachuting Carl into Norway to assist in the destruction of a power plant which was producing heavy water to be used by the Germans for making nuclear weapons; the assignment of Adriana the task of cunningly spreading false plans to invade Norway as part of the plan to deceive the Germans where the invasion would actually occur and the assignment of Hans the mission of parachuting back into Norway to help organize the destruction of the Nordland Railway system to prevent the movement of German troops from Norway back to Germany after the invasion of Normandy.
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